Mercosur Looks to Advance in Brazil Family Agriculture Policies

Mercosur Looks to Advance in Brazil Family Agriculture Policies

Mercosur Looks to Advance in Brazil Family Agriculture Policies

Brasilia, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) To advance in the joint construction of public policies and promote a wide debate on the issue, is part of the , figuran entre los is one of the objectives of the Mercosur meeting on family agriculture starting today in Florianopolis, Brazil.

The meeting to extend until next Friday, will allow to examine the challenges that for member countries represents personal agricultujreculture plantea la agriculture and, especially, the role rural women can play in its development..

'They need to be seen as the solution to poverty and hunger problems in the bloc', sustained the technical secretary of the 27th Specialiozee meeting on Specialized Meeting on Family Agriculture in Mercosur, Lautaro Viscay.

According to Viscay, during the meeting starting today in Florianopolis, capital of southern state of Santa Catarina, we are not only going to stress the autonomy of rural women, but also the violence of which they are victim.

On the other hand, he announced the creation of a new theme group on Technical Aid and Rural Extension while he confirmed that the first steps to make true that iniciative will be taken in the first half of 2018 in Chile.

Another important aspect to be approached in the meeting will be the presentation of new tools that allow the development and stay of yoth in the rural areas, 'as we want them to have a satisfactory life, full of opportunities and not the contrary', he said.

Brazil has at present the pro-tempore presidency (six months) of the REAF, created in 2004 by the initiative of the Confederation of Organizations of Family Producers of Expanded Mercosur (Coprofam) and the International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD).

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Mercosur Looks to Advance in Brazil Family Agriculture Policies

Brasilia, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) To advance in the joint construction of public policies and promote a wide debate on the issue, is part of the , figuran entre los is one of the objectives of the Mercosur meeting on family agriculture starting today in Florianopolis, Brazil.

The meeting to extend until next Friday, will allow to examine the challenges that for member countries represents personal agricultujreculture plantea la agriculture and, especially, the role rural women can play in its development..

'They need to be seen as the solution to poverty and hunger problems in the bloc', sustained the technical secretary of the 27th Specialiozee meeting on Specialized Meeting on Family Agriculture in Mercosur, Lautaro Viscay.

According to Viscay, during the meeting starting today in Florianopolis, capital of southern state of Santa Catarina, we are not only going to stress the autonomy of rural women, but also the violence of which they are victim.

On the other hand, he announced the creation of a new theme group on Technical Aid and Rural Extension while he confirmed that the first steps to make true that iniciative will be taken in the first half of 2018 in Chile.

Another important aspect to be approached in the meeting will be the presentation of new tools that allow the development and stay of yoth in the rural areas, 'as we want them to have a satisfactory life, full of opportunities and not the contrary', he said.

Brazil has at present the pro-tempore presidency (six months) of the REAF, created in 2004 by the initiative of the Confederation of Organizations of Family Producers of Expanded Mercosur (Coprofam) and the International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD).